Official UK procurement notice
Contract for services to evaluate the Office for Students regulation of quality
Authority: Office for Students (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Office for Students (OfS) is embarking on evaluating our approach to regulating and driving up quality. As part of a wider programme of evaluation activity, the OfS requires a contract with a single supplier to deliver evaluation services on a call-off basis. To establish a baseline, an initial piece of work will involve provider case studies and a provider survey. The case studies will give a deep exploration of providers’ understanding and engagement with the OfS’s current approach to regulating quality. The survey will expand on the case studies with a broad and representative understanding of the same issues.
To understand the effect of changes to our current approach, we anticipate that there will be future work orders for further rounds of case studies, further repeated rounds of the survey, and other primary data collection may also be required.
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CPV: Evaluation consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Approach to the project brief: 30%
- Delivery plan: 15%
- Project team and relevant experience: 25%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Price
- Approach to the project brief
- Delivery plan
- Project team and relevant experience
- Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2025, 14:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
PRN2371- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035736- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055504Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Jun 2025 → 9 Oct 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Submission deadline23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent21 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends3 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts10 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published381 days ago9 Oct 2025, 14:05 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jun 2025- Tender notice published27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Aug 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
- Contract signature expected5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Oct 2025, 14:05 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecorys UK Limited10 Sept 2025 – 9 Sept 2031 · up to 9 Sept 2033Extensions: This is entirely dependent on future decisions to award further work orders and there is no guaranteed level of spend under this contract. | £500,000 | 21 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Ecorys UK Limited
- Signed
- 5 Sept 2025
- Value
- £500,000
- Period
- 10 Sept 2025 – 9 Sept 2031 · up to 9 Sept 2033 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This is entirely dependent on future decisions to award further work orders and there is no guaranteed level of spend under this contract.
5 agreed KPIs: Price · Approach to the project brief · Delivery plan …
- Price
- Approach to the project brief
- Delivery plan
- Project team and relevant experience
- Social Value
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ecorys UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender